Wind Carries U.S. Gulf War Nuclear Waste To England

RADIATION detectors in Britain recorded a fourfold increase in
uranium levels in the atmosphere after the â€śshock and aweâ€ť bombing
campaign against Iraq, according to a report. Environmental scientists
who uncovered the figures through freedom of information laws say it is
evidence that depleted uranium from the shells was carried by wind
currents to Britain.

The results from testing stations at the Atomic Weapons Establishment
(AWE) in Aldermaston and four other stations within a 10-mile radius
were obtained by Chris Busby, of Liverpool Universityâ€™s department of
human anatomy and cell biology.

Busby, who has advised the government on radiation and is a founder
of Green Audit, the environmental consultancy, believes â€śuranium
aerosolsâ€ť from Iraq were widely dispersed in the atmosphere and blown
across Europe.

Each detector recorded a significant rise in uranium levels during
the Gulf war bombing campaign in March 2003. The reading from a park in
Reading was high enough for the Environment Agency to be alerted.

Busbyâ€™s report shows that within nine days of the start of the Iraq
war on March 19, 2003, higher levels of uranium were picked up on five
sites in Berkshire. On two occasions, levels exceeded the threshold at
which the Environment Agency must be informed, though within safety
limits. The report says weather conditions over the war period showed a
consistent flow of air from Iraq northwards.